The next two weeks we offer reviews of movies that we have seen on the Imagine
The next two weeks we offer reviews of movies that we have seen on the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam. Today's opening film Trance and jacked classic Jurassic Park 3D.
The first film of Imagine not only takes place in a hall that is so great about twice as we are used to the festival, the audience is totally different. A piece ... neater. More sophisticated, so to speak. Because this time will find the fantastic film festival held in EYE, a fancy cinema / museum, instead of in the typical shabby Kriterion previous years. So you will attract different clientele.
Although the opening of Imagine, consisting of chat organizer Chris Oosterom and the presentation of a Career Achievement Award to Neil Jordan (Director, among other fantastic Interview with the Vampire and the bizarre Ondine), is quite fascinating, I'm finally here of course, for the film. And that's a stunner: the new director Danny Boyle, Trance.
As in the case of Fight Club, The Sixth Sense or The Prestige, is not wise to reveal too much about the plot of Trance. Suffice to say that the film noir-like tale revolves around the robbery of damn valuable paintings and, most importantly, hypnosis. If I were let go on the motivations of the characters and the set-up, this will waste some big surprises. Because in Trance you never know what really happened and what is not, who is 'good' and who the bad guy is and what unexpected twist, the movie is going to make the next minute.
Unfortunately, the one is an advantage and the other is a disadvantage. Carried by a constant stream of surprises is naturally beautiful, but at the same time you never know who the key players you have thumbs ... because actually they're all assholes. Be there at least prepared that you're going to be fooled and do not try too much to let yourself be fooled by Rosario Dawson's sultry, cool and alluring appearance.
It is unusual for Boyle - a small British male middle age - can make such flashy, young and fast films. He proved already with 127 Hours, The Beach, Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire, but Trance proves that the passage of years has no effect on the man. The trippy music, editing, bizarre angles of the shots; Trance is a hypnotic, sexy dream trip full of energy and slick. It even offers a good dose of violence and bloody rancidity, also making it not only damn good, but also a proper beginning of the Imagine Festival.
Rating: 8.5
Also on the second day of Imagine going to the blockbuster usual. Who Jurassic Park has never seen (how can you live with yourself?); it is based on a book by Michael Crichton and tells the story of an eccentric millionaire who invites a group of people to a brand new but top secret amusement. Since scientists have created entire herds of dinosaurs by cloning technology. The film appeared in 1993 and is still one of the best films of Steven Spielberg's long career.
Not only Jurassic Park explores interesting idea interesting idea (DNA is stolen, the electricity is out, Samuel L. Jackson plays a computer nerd), it shows an almost perfect marriage between revolutionary animatronics and revolutionary computer animations. Is the added 3D effect even revolutionary?
Unfortunately not. The effect is present throughout the film - which is already more than some 3D movies may say - but in most scenes is the minimum addition. Only during the claustrophobic passages velociraptor, the effect is nice, because the animals often leave their ugly heads in the lens.
Yet Jurassic Park 3D was an excellent choice for Imagine. The film still stands as a house; the images are as sharp as 'modern' films and the music of John Williams is a pleasure to hear from cinema speakers. Even the computer animations have withstood the test of time well, what can be called a small miracle.
The film runs from May 2 in the Netherlands back in the cinemas. Go for the 3D, but stay for Jurassic Park.
The first film of Imagine not only takes place in a hall that is so great about twice as we are used to the festival, the audience is totally different. A piece ... neater. More sophisticated, so to speak. Because this time will find the fantastic film festival held in EYE, a fancy cinema / museum, instead of in the typical shabby Kriterion previous years. So you will attract different clientele.
Although the opening of Imagine, consisting of chat organizer Chris Oosterom and the presentation of a Career Achievement Award to Neil Jordan (Director, among other fantastic Interview with the Vampire and the bizarre Ondine), is quite fascinating, I'm finally here of course, for the film. And that's a stunner: the new director Danny Boyle, Trance.
As in the case of Fight Club, The Sixth Sense or The Prestige, is not wise to reveal too much about the plot of Trance. Suffice to say that the film noir-like tale revolves around the robbery of damn valuable paintings and, most importantly, hypnosis. If I were let go on the motivations of the characters and the set-up, this will waste some big surprises. Because in Trance you never know what really happened and what is not, who is 'good' and who the bad guy is and what unexpected twist, the movie is going to make the next minute.
Unfortunately, the one is an advantage and the other is a disadvantage. Carried by a constant stream of surprises is naturally beautiful, but at the same time you never know who the key players you have thumbs ... because actually they're all assholes. Be there at least prepared that you're going to be fooled and do not try too much to let yourself be fooled by Rosario Dawson's sultry, cool and alluring appearance.
It is unusual for Boyle - a small British male middle age - can make such flashy, young and fast films. He proved already with 127 Hours, The Beach, Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire, but Trance proves that the passage of years has no effect on the man. The trippy music, editing, bizarre angles of the shots; Trance is a hypnotic, sexy dream trip full of energy and slick. It even offers a good dose of violence and bloody rancidity, also making it not only damn good, but also a proper beginning of the Imagine Festival.
Rating: 8.5
Also on the second day of Imagine going to the blockbuster usual. Who Jurassic Park has never seen (how can you live with yourself?); it is based on a book by Michael Crichton and tells the story of an eccentric millionaire who invites a group of people to a brand new but top secret amusement. Since scientists have created entire herds of dinosaurs by cloning technology. The film appeared in 1993 and is still one of the best films of Steven Spielberg's long career.
Not only Jurassic Park explores interesting idea interesting idea (DNA is stolen, the electricity is out, Samuel L. Jackson plays a computer nerd), it shows an almost perfect marriage between revolutionary animatronics and revolutionary computer animations. Is the added 3D effect even revolutionary?
Unfortunately not. The effect is present throughout the film - which is already more than some 3D movies may say - but in most scenes is the minimum addition. Only during the claustrophobic passages velociraptor, the effect is nice, because the animals often leave their ugly heads in the lens.
Yet Jurassic Park 3D was an excellent choice for Imagine. The film still stands as a house; the images are as sharp as 'modern' films and the music of John Williams is a pleasure to hear from cinema speakers. Even the computer animations have withstood the test of time well, what can be called a small miracle.
The film runs from May 2 in the Netherlands back in the cinemas. Go for the 3D, but stay for Jurassic Park.
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